Peter Barnes | Exodus 18:1-27
SERMON NOTES
NO ONE-MAN BANDS!
Exodus 18:1-27; Acts 6:1-7
– Jethro has come to faith or assurance in 18:8-11.
– elders already existed in Ex.3:16
1. It is not right to concentrate everything in one person.
– 18:13-18; see Num.11:10-17
– second reason perhaps in …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 21:1-16
SERMON NOTES
SLAVERY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
(Exodus 21:1-16)
– Sam Harris says that the Bible celebrates cruelty and recognises slavery which is an abomination.
1. It only lasted for six years.
– Ex.21:2 – unless the slave wanted it (Ex.21:5-6); also releases every fifty …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 150
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord!
Exodus:15:1-27; Psalm 150
– the Psalter goes from obedience to the Word (Ps.1) to praise of the Lord (Ps.150).
1. Who is to praise the Lord?
– vv.1, 6. Calvin says verse 1 refers to heaven twice; Derek Kidner says …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 20:17
SERMON NOTES
You Shall Not Covet (Ex.20:17)
Ecclesiastes 5:8-17; 1 Tim. 6:3-20
Augustine: ‘to desire more than enough’. Buddhism is against all desire – not so Christianity.
1. Sin begins in our hearts.
– David in 2 Sam.11; Ahab in 1 Kings 21; Paul in …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 20:16
SERMON NOTES
You Shall Not Bear False Witness (Ex.20:16)
Jeremiah 9:1-16; Ephesians 4:25-32
George Washington: ‘I cannot tell a lie.’
1. God’s very nature is truth.
– Tit.1:1-2; John 14:6, 16-17; hence John 8:44 and Rev.21:8
2. No false legal witness.
– note Matt.26:59-61; Jer.18:18; …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 20:15
SERMON NOTES
You Shall Not Steal (Ex.20:15)
1 Kings 21:1-24; Luke 19:1-10
1. We are caretakers, not owners.
– Lev.25:23; Ps.24:1; 50:10-12; 1 Tim.6:17
2. The breadth of this commandment.
(a) We are to take care of other people’s property (Ex.21:33-34; 23:4)
(b) We are …
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